Dorothy's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 1990s

Listopia > Dorothy's votes on the list Best Books of the Decade: 1990s (54 Books)

1	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 11,857,576 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Giver (Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,910,758 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.16 avg rating — 2,148,008 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.12 avg rating — 815,198 ratings Dorothy rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.16 avg rating — 670,467 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 799,354 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 1,188,635 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 343,309 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3.91 avg rating — 306,882 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 197,432 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 1,875,910 ratings Dorothy rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 474,297 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 644,723 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,281,409 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.86 avg rating — 142,774 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Firm (Penguin Readers, Level 5) by Robin Waterfield (Adaptor) 4.07 avg rating — 640,410 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier 3.89 avg rating — 252,831 ratings Dorothy rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 4.07 avg rating — 459,773 ratings Dorothy rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 592,675 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 372,942 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 86,807 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 4.38 avg rating — 165,601 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) by Cormac McCarthy 4.07 avg rating — 157,162 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 152,031 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 155,758 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 335,485 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.18 avg rating — 212,002 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 162,359 ratings Dorothy rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 3.86 avg rating — 122,112 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières 4.04 avg rating — 94,492 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 90,494 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang 4.31 avg rating — 129,642 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1) by Philip Roth 3.95 avg rating — 91,732 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 74,172 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 455,079 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) by Art Spiegelman 4.43 avg rating — 161,059 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Widow for One Year by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 65,659 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Underworld by Don DeLillo 3.95 avg rating — 34,999 ratings Dorothy rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Pilot's Wife (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #3) by Anita Shreve 3.57 avg rating — 104,116 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1) by Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 184,830 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 571,990 ratings Dorothy rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2) by Cormac McCarthy 4.17 avg rating — 50,759 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand 4.23 avg rating — 171,209 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 51,017 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.87 avg rating — 63,483 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 145,110 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 47,327 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) by John Updike 4.01 avg rating — 16,724 ratings Dorothy rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 331,702 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2) by Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 91,326 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson 3.91 avg rating — 45,111 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) by Connie Willis 4.10 avg rating — 45,844 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans 3.87 avg rating — 62,960 ratings Dorothy rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1) by Jan Karon 4.13 avg rating — 72,488 ratings Dorothy rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars